Monday, June 30, 2008

Creativity is More Than a Trait: It’s a Relation

What is all the commotion about creativity?
Whatever definition this vogue expressionm, it has apparently captured the awareness of countless authorities for educational, economical, governmental and last but not least, scientific issues.
Moreover, the media is filled with references to creativity or its synonyms.

The variation observed in human intellect was controlled by genetically-determined, biological processes.
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Assuming “talent and character” are only passed on from fathers to sons, intellectual ability is indeed hereditary, such men must have more prominent relatives than found distributed in the general population. ,


Social groups play a role in establishing creativity.
Their perception and evaluation processes may be hard in an increasingly networked world,
but ignoring this does not necessarily facilitate creativity.

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Sunday, June 22, 2008

STEREOTYPE


Blonds are dumb, foreigners lazy, women can't do math. We continuously encounter such statements in our every-day lives – even if most people obviously wouldn’t take them seriously.
Nevertheless, we often act towards others as if they were members of a particular group and nothing more.
The bases for such behaviors are stereotypes and prejudices. Stereotypes are subjective views about the characteristics, attitudes, and behaviors of the members of a particular group.
They are overgeneralizations, whereby the members of a group are assigned certain characteristics

Of course, we don’t like to think of ourselves as prejudiced.
We believe in equality between genders and races. We might joke about the dumb blond, but do we really believe it?
Do we really think women can’t do math?
Do we think Black Americans are more aggressive than White Americans?
Most of us would probably answer no. While we hold beliefs of equality and equity, and while we think we’re not judgmental and that we act in a fair manner, research has indicated that the “evil” stereotypes lie hidden deep inside of us all.

People activate such stereotypes in many situations and based on minimal cue.
when encountering a member of a particular group, we automatically recall information about this person’s group, such as typical attitudes and behaviors.

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

mass communication

The Simpsons is one of my favaorite cartoon on cable tv, I'm sure everyone loves the simpsons, The yellow, American working class family are just as recognisable as the stars and stripes or the golden arches.

A slight introduction to the Simpsons family,

Bart Simpson He's a Krusty-loving, slingshot-owner, and loves the create trouble.

Homer Simpson The father who loves Doughnuts, Beer andmessing around with Nuclear safety protocols.

Marge Simpson Blue hair, endless patience - Marge is the glue of the Simpson family.

Lisa Simpson The literature loving, saxophone playing, responsible genius sister.

Maggie Simpson The babygro clad, dummy-sucking baby of the family.
(taken from the website)

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The simpsons wooed the audience when it first aired in 1990s. It was the first sitecom that's not afraid to poke fun at authority, the show ruffled a few feathers. taken from the website, "Even George Bush, then president of the USA, announced that American families should be 'more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons' - which he didn't mean in a nice way! "

the simpsons appeal to all ages and that there are some jokes for grown ups, and some for kids, which is a great way of getting pass the censors.

Although they were poorly animated, the Simpsons had great writing, good voices and good music. The show's humor turns on cultural references that cover a wide spectrum of society so that viewers from all generations can enjoy the show, Whenever possible, the animators also put jokes or sight gags into the show's background and hidden messages in the sitcom.

The impact of mass communication is very great as it communicates to a large audience, the influence of media messages that are put into the simpsons can be spreaded widely as it's popluar tv sitcom.

what do you think?
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